The Verge: Google tries publicly shaming Apple into adopting RCS

This will never happen

“The search giant has a new “Get The Message” website that lays out a familiar set of arguments for why Apple should support the standard, revolving around smoother messaging between iPhone and Android devices. Naturally, there’s also a #GetTheMessage hashtag to really get those viral juices flowing. 

For most people, the problems Google describes are most familiar in the form of the green bubbles that signify messages to Android users in Apple’s Messages app. While the iPhone app uses Apple’s own iMessage service to send texts between iPhones (complete with modern features like encryption, support for group chats, and high-quality image and video transfers), they revert to old-fashioned SMS and MMS when texting an Android user. Not only are these messages shown in a color-clashing green bubble but also they break many of the modern messaging features people have come to rely on. “

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Medium: What I learnt about Apple in 8 visuals by reading ‘After Steve’

Tripp Mickle provides a detailed, intimate insight into the past, present and future of Apple; an organisation known for designing innovative products on the borderline of technology and liberal arts. In the last few years, Apple’s business strategy is transitioning, moving into services and subscriptions to ensure consistent growth and avoid stagnation. A fully autonomous Apple Car is rumoured to be in the making which could revolutionise the way we interact with products once more. I really enjoyed the insights into Apple and I hope you did too. - Steffan Morris Hernandez

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Tom's Guide: Apple just showed us how it will kill the password forever

“Passwords are key to protecting everything we do online today, from everything we communicate to all of our finances,” said Knight “But they’re also one of the biggest attack vectors and security vulnerabilities users face today.

That’s why Apple has been pushing so hard for an alternative. Passkeys use Touch ID or Face ID for biometric verification, and iCloud Keychain to sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV with end-to-end encryption.

Other companies have tried to replace passwords with dedicated hardware, like a physical security key, but that was mostly focused on enterprise users; it also added another layer of complexity. Passkeys have a real shot to take off because they leverage a device you already have.”

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Tech Times: Apple Acquires a 67-Acre Campus in San Diego

Apple bought a new campus located in San Diego in line with its land expansion. The tech giant acquired the 67-acre Rancho Vista Corporate Center for $445 million, so it could extend engineering jobs in the region.

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Trust me, I’ve been an Apple evangelist ever since founding the first Macintosh only dealership in the country (MacSource) but is this the best move in these remote/hybrid work times?

Again, I do not doubt Apple, those who have, have lost but this is an interesting purchase.

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On the moral responsibility to be an informed citizen

“How might we alleviate our society’s misinformation problem? One suggestion goes as follows: the problem is that people are so ignorant, poorly informed, gullible, and irrational that they lack the ability to discern credible information and real expertise from incredible information and fake expertise…

Leaning away from individual responsibility means that the burden should be shifted to those who have structural control over our information environments. Solutions to our misinformation epidemic are effective when they are structural and address the problem at its roots. In the case of online misinformation, we should understand that technology giants aim at creating profit over creating public democratic goods. If disinformation can be made to be profitable, we should not expect those who profit to self-regulate and adopt a responsibility toward information by default. Placing accountability and responsibility on technology companies but also on government, regulatory bodies, traditional media and political parties by democratic means is a good first step to foster information environments that encourage good knowledge practices. This step provides a realistic distribution of both causal and effective remedial responsibility for our misinformation problem without nihilistically throwing out the entire concept of responsibility – which we should never do.”

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